Month: May 2007

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Up Coming Graduations… at Southern Cal & Ted Koppel

Fight On for USC!To be honest, there have been very few graduations i have ever attended. Some of the reasons are typically male… I wasn’t around.

When my eldest daughter Kristin was graduating from West Point, I was coaching at the California State High School Meet. Now, don’t groan… my middle daughter Karen was competing on the same day and I stayed and coached — while Mom went to West Point.

Not that I have attended many of my own graduations. I missed my two graduate degree festivities except for a small Beta Gamma Sigma ceremony the day before at Southern Cal.

This time it will be different. I will at long last see a Southern Cal Graduation as Karen recieves her Masters in Strategic Public Relations. Interestingly enough, Ted Koppel will be the Commencement Speaker in the main ceremony.

This will be fun … I will be coming home.

Roger freberg

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Harry Potter’s Trunk… now for sale!

a trunk full of magic and imagination!Okay, this will sound like an advertisement to some … but it is really a note from one of the many fans of the six Harry Potter books by ‘Joe’ Rowling….waiting… it seems… like so many others to read Book 7.

As so many others have speculated, will the seventh book attempt to appeal to the critics by providing an ‘ending’ that is truly depressing, sad and hopeless? OR… will the ending provide hope and encourage the best in all of us?

Certainly, the series has had a generous dose of reality. Cruelty is not overdone, but it is present. Generousity and self sacrifice are virtues displayed throughout the pages… which lead me to be optimistic about the final chapter of the Potter series.

However, whatever the outcome… the final chapter will be what people remember and embrace… or dismiss.

In the meantime, I recieved this note from Amazon.com offering a Harry Potter Trunk and books… seems like a great deal.

Can’t wait for Book 7.

Roger Freberg

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“Ilse…. but we’ll aways have Paris and Katie and MSNBC”

And the weeeeener is.......

A funny thing has pulled virtually all Americans together… and that is a ‘distaste’ for Paris Hilton. This overshadows the bovine antics of Katic Couric ( who in an unusually weird ethical twist seemingly won’t cover any ‘news’ about Paris) .  Many Republicans are heaping on the high partisan MSNBC…. which is no surprise to me … I had my own publicized battle with an MSNBC ‘Newsy” and lets just say… I won, he lost and soccer still sucks.

Anyway, if ‘Weenie’ awards (the full one incher) need to be given here’s mine:

  • Paris Hilton for “Baby Needs to be spanked”
  • Katie Couric for ” I need to learn how to bake cookies and care for my family and stop worrying about what my daughter discovers about me on the Internet”
  • And finally the coveted “Dan Rather Award for Objective Journalism” to the supporting cast and clowns of MSNBC News.

Roger Freberg

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the “Fifi” Award is Coming…

What is your name....

The 2007 “Fifi Awards” will be held May 31st at the Winter Garden of the World Financial Center in New York City.

The awards are a way of recognizing all those who have achieved in the fragrance industry, including those involved in retailing, packaging and advertising and promotion. 35 years have passed since the first awards which were described :

“The first Awards Ceremony, attended by only 250 industry members, was held in the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza in New York. There were only seven awards and Chanel No 19 won for “Most Successful Introduction of a Fragrance.” 

The Fifi award finalists have already been announces and you can discover who they are on Fragrance.Org. Let’s just say, there are no real surprises, except for those who actually win!

By the way, one of my favorite light operas is ” Die lustige Witwe ” or the “Merry Widow”… played best on screen by Jennette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier . Janette MacDonald played “Fifi” and as seen in the phot above putting on the final touches… Fifi is an award… but it has another meaning to me.

Roger Freberg

 

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the Professor wears “Prada”

Books to inform the mind... fashion to please the soul

Who doesn’t like nice things? Laura’s ‘QuelQues Fleurs’ has always mesmerized me.
For an early mother’s day present we went out and bought Laura some nice sunglasses… not just any sunglasses, but some from Neiman Marcus… Prada’s. They were perfect. The right amount of protection from the wind ( we live in a very windy place where the wind reaches an average of 40 mph every afternoon) and sun.

Jan Moran has done a nice job with making perfumes undestandable… with her Fabulous Fragrances and Fabulous Fragrances II books. Although with all of the recent additions and offerings over the last 7 years, she should really come out with a third book.

I am looking forward to Luca Turin’s new book coming out sometime in 2008… check it out.

Roger Freberg